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Rockfleet Castle

TIME : 2016/2/18 22:19:19

This 15th-century tower is associated with 'pirate queen' Grace O'Malley. She married her second husband, Richard an-Iarrain (impressively nicknamed 'Iron Dick' Burke), to gain control of this castle, and famously fought off an English attack here. It's moodily set on a boggy tidal area.